Oil on canvasboard
Verso identified by old label, and estate stamped : "I certify that this
painting is/ by
SIGISMUND IVANOWSKI/ Mr. David Scott Perry/ (Grandson)"

Housed in a 22k giltwood custom frame

Student of Whistler and portraitist of notables as Theodore Roosevelt,
pianist/composer

Paderewski and the first Prime Minister of the Polish Republic;

served as Court Painter to Tsar Nicholas II;

illustrator for Century Magazine

Works Held Museum of the City of New York

NOTE :

was a
portraitist and illustrator
who immigrated from the
Ukraine to American in 1902.
Before coming to America, he
had served as court painter to Nicholas
II. His portraits
also included Theodore Roosevelt
(1858-1919), and
pianist, statesman, andfirst Prime Minister of the Polish
Republic,Ignacy Jan
Paderewski (1860-1941). A
1907 interview by the New
York Times states, "the thing that impresses
you at once about him is his
vital energy",
which he
found greatly reinforced in America
: "I feel the bigness and
intensity of the American
Spirit".
This article gave his words
(and energy) precedence even
over those of William
Glackens.
That energy is clearly
expressed in both Woman Reclining,
and it's companion painting
Looking Out. The free but exact brushwork,
strong rhythms and luminous
coloration exhibited in these two
paintings were riveting to
all who saw them.

I will indeed seek more of
his work.

Ivanowski began his tutelage
in Poland in 1887 with
Wojciech Gerson (1831-1901).
From 1890 to 1896 he was a
gold medalist student at St.
Petersburg Academy of Fine
Arts. He further studied in
Munich; Ecole des Beaux-Arts
in Paris; Académie Julian in
Paris from 1897 to 1898
under Jean Paul Laurens
(1838-1921) and Benjamin
Constant (1845-1902); and in
London with James Abbott
McNeill Whistler. In
America, he lived in
Westfield, NJ, and kept a
studio at the Hotel des
Artistes in New York City.